Welcome to A case of the Mondays. There’s always a lot going on during the weekend. If you weren’t lucky enough to spend the past two days on the couch, you can catch up on the top five sports items you may have missed here.

No. 1 – Precious Medals: Patrick Marleau helped Canada take home Olympic gold in Men’s Hockey over the weekend, but he left with a second “medal” that was more precious.

“I’m not tweeting anything, just following … Including you people,” Melvin said in a light-hearted threat to A’s beat writers. “I saw Gibby (Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson) tweeted one tweet. Until he gets out there in double digits, I’ll hold back.”

Certain members of the A’s front office also follow reporters and players under anonymous handles. Hopefully, more of them will go public. People would probably benefit from their insights.

No. 5 – Well done, Russia: The2014 Winter Olympics came to a close on Sunday. There were lots of minor hiccups that people poked fun at, but everyone that went to Sochi to participate and watch were able to make it home safely with plenty of memories. Russia was also able to show off their sense of humor, by poking fun at the opening ceremony Olympic Ring gaffe.

During the closing ceremony, they originally lined up with a broken ring, and then corrected it; much to the delight of the audience. Well played.

Three to see:

If you’ve made it this far, clearly you have some time on your hands. Here are three stories that you simply must see: